Tag: Sergey Volkov

  • Scott Kelly and crewmates bid goodbye to space station

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    In the final hours of a 340-day mission, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko said goodbye to their crewmates and closed the hatch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, heading for a parachute-assisted touchdown in Kazakhstan a few hours later. They will be joined by veteran Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, who has spent the last…

  • Live coverage: Station crew lands after 11 months in orbit

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    Live coverage of the Expedition 46 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Kelly, Kornienko about to wrap up 340-day mission

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko pose for a photo on the International Space Station in January after 300 days in space. Credit: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are making final preparations for return to Earth Tuesday evening, closing out a record…

  • Russians carry out spacewalk

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov prepare for Wednesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly Two veteran cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station Wednesday, swapped out materials science space exposure samples, installed handrails needed for future spacewalks and tested an applicator and thin-film coatings that could prove useful reconditioning…

  • Soyuz docks with space station, boosts crew to nine

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking Friday. Credit: NASA TV A Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station early Friday, boosting the lab’s crew to nine for the next week and providing a ride home next March for two station crew…

  • Photos: Three-man crew launched from steppes of Kazakhstan

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    Three space fliers rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, setting off in pursuit of the International Space Station to swap out Soyuz lifeboats for the research lab’s one-year crew. The launch occurred at 0437 GMT (12:37 a.m. EDT; 10:37 a.m. Baikonur time). Veteran cosmonaut Sergey Volkov sat in the center couch…

  • Live coverage: Soyuz crew back on Earth

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    Mission Status Center Live coverage of the Expedition 44 crew on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Soyuz booster in position for crew launch

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    A Russian Soyuz booster rolled out of a hangar at the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome and rode a rail car to its launch pad Monday, setting up for Wednesday’s launch with a three-man crew hailing from Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan. The trio is setting off on a two-day voyage to the International Space Station on a…

  • Cosmonaut from Kazakhstan to fly on Soyuz in September

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    Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov will fly to the International Space Station in September. Credit: Kazcosmos Russia’s space agency says a Kazakh cosmonaut will fly to the International Space Station on 10-day mission in September, replacing British singer Sarah Brightman, who backed out of the mission in May. Aidyn Aimbetov, a 42-year-old fighter pilot turned cosmonaut,…